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Lawyers' Committee Urges President Bush to Nominate Supreme Court Candidate Committed to Upholding Our Nation's Civil Rights Laws

Posted on: Friday, 8 July 2005, 12:00 CDT

WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a letter addressed to President Bush, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ("Lawyers' Committee") today urged the President to fill the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court with a nominee who possesses a strong history of defending the rule of law and supporting equal justice for all.

The Lawyers' Committee's letter notes that despite the progress and achievements that have been realized since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the historic Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, racial disparities continue to exist in this country, which make it imperative for the nominee to understand this challenge and embrace the principle of equal protection under the law.

As a vigorous enforcer of civil rights laws in the areas of employment, housing, education, voting rights, environmental justice, and community development, the Lawyers' Committee has established a Supreme Court Task Force to carefully consider the civil rights records of any Supreme Court nominee.

"We believe that it is critically important for the President to select a nominee that will promote the causes of racial and gender equality and win broad bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate," said Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee.

The full text of the Lawyer's Committee's letter to President Bush can be found at http://www.lawyerscommittee.org.

The Lawyers' Committee is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights legal organization, formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to provide legal services to address racial discrimination.

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Source: U.S. Newswire

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